man(1)
NAME
man − print entries in this manual
SYNOPSIS
man −k keywords
man −f files
man [ options ] [ section ] titles
DESCRIPTION
man is a program which gives information from the reference manual. It can be asked for one line summaries of all commands whose description contains any of a set of keywords, or all commands related to a particular file. It can also provide on-line access to the sections of the printed manual.
When given the -k option and a set of keywords, man prints out a one line synopsis of each manual section whose listing in the table of contents contains that keyword.
When given the -f option and a list of file names, man attempts to locate manual sections related to those files, printing out the table of contents lines for those sections.
When neither -k nor -f is specified, man locates and prints the entry of the manual named title in the specified section. (For historical reasons, the word “page” is often used as a synonym for “entry” in this context.) The title is entered in lower case. The section number may not have a letter suffix. If no section is specified, the whole manual is searched for title and all occurrences of it are printed. Options and their meanings are:
−Tterm Print the entry as appropriate for terminal type term. For a list of recognized values of term, type help term2. The default value of term is 450.
−w Print on the standard output only the path names of the entries, relative to /usr/catman, or to the current directory for −d option.
−d Search the current directory rather than /usr/catman; requires the full file name (e.g., cu.1c, rather than just cu).
−c Causes man to invoke col(1); note that col(1) is invoked automatically by man unless term is one of 300, 300s, 450, 37, 4000a, 382, 4014, tek, 1620, and X.
man examines the environment variable $TERM (see environ(5)) and attempts to select options that adapt the output to the terminal being used. The −Tterm option overrides the value of $TERM; in particular, one should use −Tlp when sending the output of man to a line printer.
Section may be changed before each title.
As an example:
man man
would reproduce on the terminal this entry, as well as any other entries named man that may exist in other sections of the manual.
FILES
/usr/catman/?_man/man[1-8]/∗
Preformatted manual entries
SEE ALSO
term(5) in the CX/UX Programmer’s Reference Manual.
CAVEAT
The man command prints manual entries that were formatted by nroff when the CX/UX system was installed. Entries are originally formatted with terminal type 37, and are printed using the correct terminal filters as derived from the −Tterm and $TERM settings.
CX/UX User’s Reference Manual